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Safelane: Canada’s Guide to the Global Ban on Anti-Personnel Mines
On this site you can read about the most successful disarmament treaty to date, the Convention on the Prohibition on the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, also known as the Ottawa Convention.
The Ottawa Convention was arrived at by the sustained and concerted efforts of non-governmental organizations, international agencies and like-minded governments concerned about the humanitarian, social and economic devastation caused by anti-personnel mines (APMs).
On December 3, 1997, in Ottawa, 122 States signed the Convention and it entered into force on March 1, 1999, the fastest entry-into-force of any multilateral disarmament treaty in history. To date, 80% of the world’s States have ratified or acceded to the Ottawa Convention, and many of those that remain outside have adopted its norms.
On the site you can learn about how the Convention was created, the obligations of states, the achievements of the Ottawa Convention, the challenges that remain and Canada’s ongoing support for the Convention.
